{"id":33054,"date":"2025-01-17T13:22:42","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T13:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/arborist\/bats-birds-and-their-figs\/"},"modified":"2025-01-17T13:22:42","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T13:22:42","slug":"bats-birds-and-their-figs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=33054","title":{"rendered":"Bats, birds, and their figs."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>Bats, birds, and their figs.<\/h3>\n<div class=\"time\">\nBy admin \u00a0|\u00a0 February 2, 2019  \u00a0I\u00a0  9:34 am\t\t              <\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"716\" height=\"1454\" src=\"https:\/\/www.csklandscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Fig-tree-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Fig tree 1\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.csklandscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Fig-tree-1.png 716w, https:\/\/www.csklandscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Fig-tree-1-600x1218.png 600w, https:\/\/www.csklandscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Fig-tree-1-345x700.png 345w, https:\/\/www.csklandscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Fig-tree-1-504x1024.png 504w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 716px) 100vw, 716px\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t  <\/p>\n<p>Some of the largest trees in Singapore are\u00a0from the genus <em>Ficus<\/em> (fig trees). How did they become so successful? Our Arborists takes a closer look at reproduction.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Seed Dispersal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Long-lived as trees may be, death eventually comes for (almost) all living things. Just like us, trees have to reproduce for their species\u2019 survival.<\/p>\n<p>However, unlike us, trees stay rooted to one location for all their lives. They cannot seek out new areas for resources to sustain themselves. Should young trees grow too near their parent, both parent and offspring will compete for the same resources.<\/p>\n<p>Seed dispersal is vital for ensuring young trees not only survive, but thrive wherever they may grow.<\/p>\n<p>To this end, some trees have enlisted the help of animals in aiding seed dispersal. The animals are paid for their efforts, fleshy fruits feed and sustain animal populations. Such mutualisms are important in sustaining biodiversity.<\/p>\n<p>Trees with fruits that appeal to animals have a better chance of survival; their fruits are selected by disperser animals and their seeds spread far and wide. Their offspring with attractive fruits will in turn pass on their attractive fruit traits to subsequent generations.<\/p>\n<p>Through natural selection and many generations, different but related species of trees may form with different fruits based on which animals they attract.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bat or Bird?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Research has compared figs that are dispersed by bats and figs that are dispersed by birds, showing how these different figs have evolved to fit dispersal by birds or bats.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2154\" src=\"https:\/\/www.csklandscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Fig-tree-2-1-700x615.png\" alt=\"Fig tree 2\" width=\"394\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.csklandscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Fig-tree-2-1-700x615.png 700w, https:\/\/www.csklandscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Fig-tree-2-1-600x528.png 600w, https:\/\/www.csklandscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Fig-tree-2-1.png 952w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 394px) 100vw, 394px\"\/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2155\" src=\"https:\/\/www.csklandscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Fig-tree-3-546x700.png\" alt=\"Fig tree 3\" width=\"393\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.csklandscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Fig-tree-3-546x700.png 546w, https:\/\/www.csklandscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Fig-tree-3-600x769.png 600w, https:\/\/www.csklandscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Fig-tree-3.png 742w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-block sd-like jetpack-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded\" id=\"like-post-wrapper-181404349-2151-6743c41855167\" data-src=\"https:\/\/widgets.wp.com\/likes\/#blog_id=181404349&amp;post_id=2151&amp;origin=www.csklandscape.com&amp;obj_id=181404349-2151-6743c41855167\" data-name=\"like-post-frame-181404349-2151-6743c41855167\">\n<h3 class=\"sd-title\">Like this:<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"button\"><span>Like<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"loading\">Loading&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sd-text-color\"\/><a class=\"sd-link-color\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bats, birds, and their figs. By admin \u00a0|\u00a0 February 2, 2019 \u00a0I\u00a0 9:34 am Some of the largest trees in Singapore are\u00a0from the genus Ficus (fig trees). How did they become so successful? Our Arborists takes a closer look at reproduction. Seed Dispersal Long-lived as trees may be, death eventually comes for (almost) all living [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33055,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12041],"tags":[12697,22120,20634,22118,22121,22119,1639],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-33054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arborist","tag-arborist","tag-bats","tag-birds","tag-fig-tree-singapore","tag-figs","tag-seed-dispersal","tag-tree"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bats, birds, and their figs. - Som2ny Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=33054\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bats, birds, and their figs. - Som2ny Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bats, birds, and their figs. 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